Spring Awakening: Those You've Known

Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, an HBO Documentary Film directed by Michael John Warren and produced by RadicalMedia (HBO’s “David Byrne’s American Utopia”) is an emotional, star-studded tribute to the Tony-winning Broadway run of “Spring Awakening.” Fifteen years after the smash run, the original cast and creative team reunite for a spectacular, one-night-only reunion concert to benefit The Actors Fund. Chronicling their whirlwind journey back to the stage, the film follows the players as they reconnect and rediscover the beauty and timelessness of the hit musical, sharing the show’s underdog origins, its path to Tony glory, the universal themes of teenage repression and angst, and the unconventional love story of breakout stars Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele. The documentary pulls back the curtain to showcase the reunited original cast and creative team at rehearsals, in their homes and backstage. The film features electrifying performances from the reunion concert in November 2021, newly filmed interviews, candid archival video and photographs, as well as performance footage from the original 2006 show that went on to sweep the Tonys, winning eight awards, including Best Musical. “Spring Awakening” forever changed the lives of the mostly unknown teenage cast and inspired a generation of fans by laying bare taboo issues of teen love, abortion, abuse, sexual identity, and suicide in an unapologetic, edgy rock opera set in the 1890s. HBO Documentary Films presents a RadicalMedia production. Directed by Michael John Warren; produced by Dave Sirulnick and Meredith Bennett; executive produced by Jon Kamen, Jonathan Meyers, Jonathan Groff, and Michael John Warren. For HBO: senior producer, Sara Rodriguez; executive producers, Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller.